Second Encounter with Gar in the Wild

[ampthefrogguy]

Went out and got up to my knees in mud today to show you guys some pics of the fish i saw yesterday! I wrestled with gar
today my friends! I gotta say this is no California...it was an amazing experience, to get in the water and grab some big gar bare
handed! I have determined all the ones i saw tonight( about 10 ranging from 12-36inches) to be spotted gar. i caught two larger
specimens and they have a single row of teeth. tell me what you guys think!

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

Nice. Did you catch and release?

 

[ampthefrogguy]

Yes. I love seeing them in their natural habitat.

 

[wind08]

beautiful gars! looking very well fed by nature

 

[ampthefrogguy]

there was a few smaller ones id love to snatch one to go with my floridas...

 

[HungDang]

yeah, there are some spotted and gator!

 

[ampthefrogguy]

yeah, there are some spotted and gator!

. They are spotteds! I saw noooo gators! Im possssitive.

 

[E_americanus]

great looking specimens and great pics, thanks for sharing! what was the state locality if you don't mind my asking? has to do with some of the morphology we are seeing there. feel free to PM if you don't want to post, but it would definitely be beneficial to our research--
--solomon

EDIT: ok just saw your first post about the gar encounter and that you're in Alabama. makes sense with what we see here. also definitely spotted gars with no gators (in response to some other posts).

 

[Wisener]

That's differemt

 

[ampthefrogguy]

Id still love to talk to you Solomon if you dont mind! I took notes on their behavior and exactly where i found them. I have pics of the spot. Its a shallow little 10 foot wide creek by my house. Got my first encounter with a snapping turtle too!